The New website of the Dutch Language Union on Dutch Exonyms

Ferjan Ormeling

The Dutch Language Union has restyled its website in May 2017. Its commission on Foreign Geographical Names has added new functionality, allowing for easier access to both the written forms and the audio files of all Dutch exonyms. The website provides the Dutch versions of short and long country names, their adjectives, the names of their male and female inhabitants (singular and plural) and the endonym of the country name as well as the official language of that country. Moreover, and that forms the main contents, Dutch versions of the names of important towns, regions and other features are given. In this report the website?s functionality is explained.

Event: 11th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (UNCSGN) 30th session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

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